[mythtv-users] Can't see my tuner card?

Mon May 14 01:15:34 UTC 2012

Your card is definitely not recognized by the kernel. Looks like lots of
people have problems with this card especially with the newer versions that
are actually 1255 not 1250. read this:

http://www.mythtvtalk.com/installation-issue-wintv-hvr-1250-a-13951/

and try this as suggested in the thread
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/452987#452987

========
Just create a file in /etc/modprobe.d called "hvr1250" and put in it
the following content:

options cx23885 card=20
======

and restart. After that your card should be recognized and the driver
loaded. To confirm run:

$ lsmod | grep cx23885

and you should see the module loaded and other modules listed that use the
driver.

If stuck try google "HVR-1250 + mythtv" ... I got hips of threads about
this card.

Igor

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Batshua bat Yehonatan
<batshua at gmail.com>wrote:

> Okay, it's recognized on my friend's computer, at least to the extent that
> it wants to install drivers for a "Multimedia controller". Does this mean
> the card isn't compatible with my computer? Or could it be broken in some
> other way?
>
> What, if anything, should I do the test the card on his computer? It
> wasn't shown in the BIOS, and yet Windows seems to see it.
>
> Or am I just SOL that my computer can't see it, and I need to buy a
> diferent card?
>
> If it's incompatible, how do I determine compatibility with my computer
> for the next card? The old card was compatible with my LAST linux box,
> which is why I bought a replacement when the last one died.
>
> Thanks so much for your help!
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <batshua at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, so update: I tried it in a different slot; it's definitely seated
>>> properly and as far as I can tell, it's not being seen by the BIOS or
>>> lspci. I have a friend who's willing to let me try it out in his computer,
>>> so that'll be the next step.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the handholding!
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, on next reboot, I'll look around.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Uh, yeah, my computer doesn't do that. Is there a verbose setting I
>>>>>> need to invoke?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Zarthan South <zarthan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, I'm looking at "Onboard Devices Configuration", which
>>>>>>>> seems to list stuff including my wireless card. It's not there. Does that
>>>>>>>> sound like the right place to be looking?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <
>>>>>>>> batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure where I should be looking in the BIOS. Where might it
>>>>>>>>> be hiding? I'm checking every tab, but maybe I don't know what I'm looking
>>>>>>>>> at? I hate this new BIOS. :/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Simon Hobson <
>>>>>>>>> linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Batshua bat Yehonatan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  I have an WinTV HVR 1250.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It is a relatively new card; I bought it to replace an older one
>>>>>>>>>>> that got damaged in transit.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> My new computer (rebuilt almost entirely from scratch) can't see
>>>>>>>>>>> it in lspci.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you try the card in another machine ?
>>>>>>>>>> Have you another card you can try in that slot ?
>>>>>>>>>> Does it show in any BIOS screens during boot ?
>>>>>>>>>> Does anything change if you swap cards around slots within the
>>>>>>>>>> same machine ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> These ought to track down whether it's a card problem, or a
>>>>>>>>>> machine problem, or some combination. I think (though could be wrong) that
>>>>>>>>>> devices should show up with lspci even if there are no drivers loaded for
>>>>>>>>>> them, but just in case it is a software/driver (though the 1250 is hardly
>>>>>>>>>> what you could call bleeding edge) issue :
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you boot from an up to date (for example) Knoppix disk, does
>>>>>>>>>> it show up ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Simon Hobson
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The suggestion wasn't about looking in the BIOS setup but
>>>>>>> watching for the card during the computer boot up as the BIOS initializes
>>>>>>> things like RAM and hard disks etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> In the BIOS setup there is usually something under boot options like
>>>>> Quiet or Silent.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Good luck and thanks for updating the thread.
>>
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